Intramedullary nailing of clavicular midshaft fractures in adults using titanium elastic nail

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 269-276

  Qing yu, Chen ^a   Dong quan, Kou ^a   Xiao jie, Cheng ^a   Wei, Zhang ^a   Wei, Wang ^a   Zhang qin, Lin ^a   Shao wen, Cheng ^a   Yue, Shen ^a   Xiao zhou, Ying ^a   Lei, Peng ^a,b   Chuan zhu, Lü ^a,b   Yuan, Tian ^c  

^a Department of Burn   (China)

^b HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clavicle; Fracture fixation intramedullary; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; CLAVICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; NAIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CLAVICLE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; NAILS; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84979855761     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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